Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
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African identities Cartoon | LGBTQI in Africa: Discrimination and homophobia persist
While a few African countries have partly decriminalised LGBTQI persons, giving them better protection, there is still widespread discrimination against people with non-conforming sexual orientations and gender identities.
Arts, Culture and Sport Pride Month: Contemporary artists exploring Queer Africa
Artists move the dial when exploring the nuances of humanity. Their work helps us change perspective and have emotive dialogue about difficult themes. Here are some African visual artists using their mediums to reimagine sexuality, gender expression and identities.
African identities Pride Month: Rising queer African icons (Part 1)
They have championed sexual and gender minority rights, risked their lives to live boldly, educated their communities, and created art that depicts queer realities. Meet some of Africa’s Rising Queer Icons.
African identities Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
African identities Stop the violence: Another horrific hate crime against Kenya’s queer community
Queercide may seem far removed from heterosexual and heteronormative people but a society that does not strictly uphold the right to life and equal protection, under the law, for all people is dangerous for everyone.
African identities How young, queer Nigerians use Twitter to shape identity and fight homophobia
Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
African identities Queerness and religion in conversation
Reconciling faith and queer identity can often be a difficult space to navigate for those who do not subscribe to the heteronormative expectations upheld by many religious communities.
Politics and Society Uganda adamant to pass death penalty bill for homosexuality
The Ugandan government is re-introducing the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill. The punitive bill that was nullified in 2014 by the country’s Constitutional Court imposes the death penalty for persons found in breach. A government official said the ‘current penal law is limited’ and ‘those that do grave acts’ should be ‘given the death sentence’.